Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-05-01
SPORTING.
BASE BALL.

1t begins to look rs i he couldn't Pechi-
ney MORE.
Harry Wright is very sweet on his new
catcher, Gibson.
The Hamiltons defeated the Altoonas
to on Tuesday.
Cub Stricken is playing a great game at
second for Cleveland.
StOyey has not been smuggling the ball
this season with his wonted vigor.
Frank RingO is catching rafting game
for Kansas City and batting hard.
Both Philadelphia and Detroit will have
two left-handed twirlers this season.
Eddie Glenn is making a great record in
the Southern League as base stealer.
The MetrOpolitans this season are not as
strong as the MetropOlitans of last year.
Detroit had the hardest k2olSOf work
defeating Indianapolis Thursdays ShOm-
berg has three errors, and, though he put
out eighteen men, was badly of in his
play.
Tom Ramsey is again blooming forth as
the diamond king. On Thursday he paid
800 for n ring. The surly, brick-tOpped
pitcher is king of the diamond in more
ways than one.
The opening League games show vast
Improvement over the run of the AsSOclas
ton games thus far, the fielding being
much cleaner, and the size of the scores
more satisfactory.
Manager Barnie has not found PhenO-
menal Smith o paying investment thus
far. The New jersey wonder does not
promise 10 cut much of figure IN the
Association. The company Is too fast for
him.
Weyhing, lately released by the Phila-
delphias. has signed with the Athletics,
giving the latter its eighth pitcher. Some
OF these twirlers will forget their art, so
long will it be for them between games.
In last Fridays Cincinnati-St. Louis
game some remarkable fielding was done.
There were six double plays during the
contest, four by the red legs and two by
the Browns This is something not seen
every day.
In seven g;mes up to Wednesday the
batting averages of five OF Nashville's
heaviest hitters were: Reeder 500, Clin-
ton .4S7, Firle .433, Maui Az and Jack
Hayes .3lS. This is evidence of good
solid work with the timber.
Manager Jimmy Williams has been in
Structed by the directors to pay no at
tentiOn to defeats; we are all satisfied"
In the face of the numerous and over
whelming WaterloOs, Jeems will find it
NJ easy task to follow such advice.
The LeavenwOrths knocked two Kansas
City pitchers out of the box Sunday, at
Leavenworth, running up 30 hits with u
total OF "a bases, s bases on balls, II earned
and home runs, not missing an inning
This is somewhat tough on the Cowboys
successors.
Although the LOuisvilles are credited
with possessing some of the best hitters in
the Association, they failed to show their
powers in this direction against Mullane
on Wednesday. Only one clean base hit
was made of the latter, while four men
took first base on balls. Tony is evidently
out for the stuff this season.
The first Sunday game in Nashville since
the formation of the Southern League was
played there last Sunday, and attracted
much attention and interest. There has
long been call for Sunday games in that
city, and, though there is a State law
ogaiust them, the officials, city, county
and State, are in favor of aud will encOur-
age, so far as possible, the new move.
They look upon the sport as preventive
| ,r,.inSt crime and n StimuluS tn pOOl order
on the Sabbath, " Us the Nashville Ameri-
can puts it. After an umpire or two have
heeu half killed the stimulus will not
he so apparent, except in the other direc-
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